Wasan riga-kafi akai-akai ya daɗe shine abin da ya sa masana'antar tafiye-tafiye ke tafiya. Kuma ko a lokutan koma bayan tattalin arziki a duniya, sabbin jiragen ruwa na duniya da za su fara harbawa a shekara ta 2009 suna fafatawa da juna kan farashi da abubuwan more rayuwa kamar yadda ba a taba gani ba.
Tabbas, injunan masu hawan igiyar ruwa, wuraren shakatawa na ruwa da azuzuwan busa gilashin suna ci gaba da jigon nishaɗin kan jirgin sama wanda ke girma a kowace shekara. Dangane da haɓakar balaguron balaguro, sabon Oasis of the Seas na Royal Caribbean zai fara buɗe layin zip na farko a duniya da zurfin tafkin ruwa mai zurfi, AquaTheater (wanda za a yi amfani da shi don manyan faifan nutsewa).
Amma inda mafi kyawun sabbin jiragen ruwa na 2009 ke yin babban ra'ayi gabaɗaya shine girman girman.
Biyar daga cikin jiragen ruwa 10 a jerinmu a wannan shekara sune manyan jiragen ruwa a azuzuwan su. Hatta jiragen ruwa na kogi, waɗanda suka saba da bin ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun girman girman, suna yin girman girman matakin. Lokacin da Viking Legend ya zo a watan Afrilu, zai ba da mafi girman wuraren tafiye-tafiye na kogin Turai ga fasinjojin da ke binciken yankuna kamar Slovakia da Netherlands.
Har yanzu, babban labari shine ƙarshen kaka sakin Oasis na Tekuna. Tare da dakin fasinjoji 5,400, wannan sikelin-buster (ton 220,000) zai zama jirgin ruwa mafi girma a duniya ta hanyar dogon harbi. A cikin jirgin, jirgin ya karye zuwa ' unguwanni' guda bakwai don yin kewayawa abin da ke ainihin birni mai iyo a ɗan sauƙi.
Steven Hattem, Mataimakin Shugaban Kasuwanci na Kudancin Florida na CruiseOne & Cruises Inc ya ce "Wannan jirgin zai zama abin ban mamaki." mafi kyawun otal a Las Vegas ko New York."
Oasis of the Seas 'lofts su ne na farko da yawa na bene na jihohi da ke iyo - kuma su ne mafi tsawo masauki a teku. Gidajen hawa biyu na zamani 28, waɗanda aka keɓance da fasahar zamani da kowane abin jin daɗi, suna da tagogin ƙasa zuwa rufin da ke yin ra'ayoyi da ba a taɓa gani ba. Wannan ya ce, hanyar jirgin za ta kasance daidai: Bisa a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Oasis of the Seas' zai tsaya kan daidaitattun jiragen ruwa na Caribbean.
Jirgin ruwan teku na Seabourn zai bayyana sabon ƙari ga rundunarsa a tsakiyar watan Yuni - dala miliyan 250 Seabourn Odyssey. Ƙaddamarwar ita ce farkon gabatarwar sabon gini a kan kasuwar jirgin ruwa mai matuƙar tsada a cikin shekaru shida. Odyssey zai zama mafi girma a cikin jiragen ruwa, a kusan sau uku girman kowane jirgin ruwa na Seabourn.
Duk wannan ƙarin ɗakin, duk da haka, yana ɗaukar fasinjoji kusan ninki biyu kawai, yana mai da hankali kan manyan ɗakunan jahohi da ƙarin abubuwan more rayuwa a cikin jirgin. Odyssey za ta yi alfahari da mafi girman wurin shakatawa a cikin jiragen ruwa, cikakke tare da gidajen shakatawa masu zaman kansu tare da nasu filayen sunbathing.
Amma manyan layukan alatu sun kasance a hankali don ƙara yawan su.
Tom Coiro, wanda ya kafa Direct Line Cruises ya ce "Duk da ci gaban masana'antar tafiye-tafiye mai ban mamaki a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, samfuran alatu - Seabourn, Silversea, Regent, Crystal - ba su girma da yawa ba."
Wataƙila abin mamaki, Coiro ya ce tabarbarewar dangi a kasuwannin alatu ba shi da alaƙa da tattalin arziki.
"Saboda gaskiyar cewa wasu daga cikin samfuran da ba na alatu ba - samfuran ƙima - a zahiri sun kama wani muhimmin sashi na kasuwar alatu tare da tunanin jirgin ruwa a cikin jirgi," in ji Coiro.
Wannan ya ce, Silversea Cruises zai fara sabon gininsa na farko tun 2001 daga baya a wannan shekara. Ruhun Azurfa yana kawo mafi girman ɗakunan jahohi zuwa rundunar jiragen ruwa, da kuma sabon gidan cin abinci na Asiya da ra'ayin kulab ɗin abincin dare. Hakanan a shirye don ƙaddamar da 2009 shine Celebrity Cruise's Equinox, 'yar'uwar jirgin ruwa zuwa solstice da aka yaba da yawa, wanda aka fara halarta a ƙarshen 2008.
Coiro ya ce: "Gidajen da aka gina (a kan Equinox) suna da ɗakin cin abinci na daban da kuma falo tare da babban piano na jariri, ɗakin ɗakin kwana, sautin kewaye," in ji Coiro. "Akwai verandas masu zaman kansu tare da magudanan ruwa a cikin waɗannan ɗakunan, masu murabba'in ƙafa 400, wanda ya fi girma fiye da daidaitattun ɗakin gida a cikin abin da ake kira jiragen ruwa na alatu," in ji shi. "Muna magana ne game da wani gida a teku."
